Peace with India imperative for exterminating terrorism

ISLAMABAD, Jun 7 (APP): Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi Sunday termed the restoration of composite dialogue with India as imperative for achieving lasting and durable peace in the region ‑ to enable Pakistan to fully focus on combating and eliminating extremism and terrorism. Talking to Dunya news, he said, saner elements in India understand that Eastern borders must be made peaceful to facilitate Pakistan to fully concentrate on its Western borders.

Pakistan and India must sit around the table, resolve bilateral issues,he said adding both the countries are facing a combined problem of terrorism.Both should cooperate in exterminating the menace of terrorism and extremism from the region.For achieving the goal normalisation of relations between the two countries is imperative.

Urging India to avoid imposing any conditions before holding any negotiations, he said, Pakistan was itself a victim of terrorism and had condemned terrorist activities in India.